Tuesday, January 26, 2016

Good day to everyone out there! Hope everything is well with you. Like a lot of places, we are in the throes of winter now and the photo this week represents the season. Weeds covered in snow are, to me at least, often a pretty sight.

White on white makes for an unusual photo but I am really happy with this one.Our top three from challenge #253 are as follows:

Tuesday, January 19, 2016

Good morning, or afternoon, or evening... no matter what your time zone, Hello!This is a few minutes late but I am having computer issues so please be patient with me.Our photo this week is one of a cardinal in one of our feeders. They are very shy and scatter when we go outside so I have been trying to sit outside so they get accustomed to me being there.

Our top three from challenge #252 were difficult choices to make - we had loads of entries! Thanks, everyone.Here they are - in no particular order......

On that note, we have no cards yet for last week's challenge but you still have a full week to get something done. So, please try to make the time to enter. Our designers (and myself) would really appreciate it. And, if you want our site to continue, we need your support.

On to our challenge for this week...Our sketch is a pretty clean and simple one and the optional theme is SIMPLE ELEGANCE (use it or not):

Tuesday, January 12, 2016

Happy Tuesday, all! I hope everyone can now relax a bit after the holiday season. Holidays are lovely but it is always nice to get back to the everyday routine. This week's photo is one I took of some dried and withered maple keys still "hanging on":

Now for our top three from challenge # 251. Here they are - in no particular order:

Wow! Congratulations to our top three and a hearty thank you to everyone who participated this week. It has been a long time since we had so many entries and I so appreciate you following us - and I know all of our designers echo that sentiment as well.

Our sketch this week is a bit different from our norm. I put it together but am not sure I did such a great job.

I thought it might give everyone a chance to work on a bit of a detailed background. Here are the cards the team came up with:

Beautiful as always, ladies! We have four completely different interpretations from our sketch to give everyone some great ideas. I cannot wait to see what you think of.

Our sketch runs for two weeks (until January 26th) and you can enter below or as a comment on our Facebook Page. I look forward to seeing your interpretations for this challenge Happy crafting this week!

Tuesday, January 5, 2016

I hope everyone had a great New Year and that you are ready for a happy and exciting 2016. I know I am. We all make resolutions (even if we just think about them) and mine is to work very hard to get my photography business running strong. If anyone wants to share your resolution, please feel free to do so in the comments at the end of this post.Our photo this week is one I took as part of a nature challenge. The black squirrels were out and this little guy let me get very close to him. (Usually they are skittish).

Want to play but do not have a blog? There are two options: Link back to http://www.trystampinontuesday.blogspot.com/ (and upload your picture from a file) or upload your picture to an online gallery (like splitcoast stampers) and use the URL from that gallery as your linkback. Hope that helps!

All images on this blog are the property of the individuals who designed them. Please feel free to use them for inspiration but also please give credit where credit is due. Thank you so much! CherylAnn